Greenhouse

You're a cold day in August You're a stream too shallow You're a heart shaped box with no letter inside You're a seed unplanted You're a field run fallow Your heart's used up You're feeling cast aside I'm sorry that I left so soon I left you standing at the gallows You were all strung out The hangman waiting for the sign Come see me at the greenhouse In the back yard Come see me at the oak tree With our names carved in the bark Come see me at the train tracks Bring some pennies for old time's sake Even though I'm gone There's some memories that you need to take, with you Now you're working up the courage Just to walk yourself through that doorway A big world outside You're afraid of what you'll find Now you're leaning on friends Finding comfort and laughter You're patching up your heart You're finding some piece of mind I'm sorry that I left so soon You're stepping down from the gallows You were all strung up The hangman waiting for a sign So come see me at the greenhouse In the back yard Come see me at the oak tree With our names carved in the bark Come see me at the train tracks Bring some pennies for old time's sake Even though I'm gone There's some memories that you need to take, with you You found a new lover You went and got yourself married You're doing all the things we never got to do You had yourself a baby she's beautiful and happy Oh lord how I wish I could have given that to you But I left you too soon I was standing at the gallows I was all strung up I gave the hangman the sign You don't need me in the greenhouse In the backyard Down at the oak tree With our names carved in the bark Don't make it to the train tracks Bringing pennies for old times sake New memories that you need to make It's time for me to fade away I'm going home Ohh...